In 1958, when ordinary women were not expected or encouraged to have adventures, American novelist Paul Gallico created the character of a London cleaning woman, Ada Harris—or ‘Arris in Cockney lingo–who …

Stranger Than Fiction: It is a story begging to be filmed: in the early Eighties a woman claiming to be the Begum of Awadh, a descendant of Nawab Wajid Ali …

The Way To Hell: It may be seen as a widening of the net if mainstream Hindi cinema picks a Danish film Sorte Kugler (2009) by Anders Matthesen to remake as Thank God.  It is …

Bridge To Nowhere: Anyone who is acquainted with the Ramayan, or has even read the Amar Chitra Katha version, would know of the episode in which Lord Ram’s followers, the Vanar Sena …

Super Cops: Sometimes, channel surfing throws up pleasant surprises and this old crime series, Hunter (on Amazon Prime) that ran for seven seasons from 1984-1991 is pure nostalgia. It is an …

Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 97, in October, after a prolific career in films, television and the stage, studded with awards and accolades. Active to the very …

Rich And Restless: Back in the Eighties, two soap operas were quite a rage Dallas and Dynasty, both about rich, feuding families. They were so successful they triggered off a spate of copy …

Back To Truck Bar: When a journalist doing a story on potholes, walks down a pitted street and steps into a puddle wearing six-inch stilettoes, you know Four More Shots Please is …

Family Secrets: The first season of Tripling came out in 2016, when the virus had not opened up the OTT Pandora’s box. The content was so different from the melodramatic and old-fashioned …

Growing Up Pains: Every OTT platform bungs in a couple of ‘youth programmes’ into its slate of shows, and most of them look and sound similar, possibly because the problems …